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Rock Cycle

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

a)

Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

b)

Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

d)

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

2.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Heating and cooling

b)

Deposition

c)

Heating and pressure

d)

Materials gathering and pressing together

3.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

Sediment forming together

b)

Heating and pressure

c)

Cooling lava or magma

d)

Deposition

4.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

a)

Heating and pressure

b)

compacting & cemetation

c)

Weathering

d)

Cooling

5.

Rocks can turn into any other rocks?

a)

True

b)

False

6.
What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?
a)
Compacting and Cementing
b)
Cooling
c)
Heat and Pressure
d)
Melting
7.
What characteristic is common in metamorphic rocks?
a)
Fossils
b)
Foliations or layers
c)
Gas Bubbles
d)
Glassy Surface
8.
What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?
a)
Compacting and cementing
b)
Cooling 
c)
Heat and pressure
d)
Melting
9.

What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma UNDER the earth's surface?

a)

Extrusive Igneous

b)

Intrusive Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sediment

10.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale (sedimentary rock), shale into slate (metamorphic), and slate into magma

a)

Cooling; Melting; Heat and Pressure

b)

Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

c)

Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

d)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

11.

Which characteristic is found only in sedimentary rocks?

a)

Fossils

b)

Crystals

c)

Gas Bubbles

d)

Glassy Surface

12.

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite (formed from magma underground) of South Dakota's Black Hills. What type of rock is granite?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

None of the above

13.

The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble (formed from Earth's pressure and heat). What type of is marble?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

None of the above

14.

Which characteristic is common to EXTRUSIVE igneous rocks?

a)

Crystals

b)

Fossils

c)

Glassy surface

d)

Ribbonlike layers

15.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite (igneous rock), granite into sand (sediment), and sand into sandstone (sedimentary rock).

a)

Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing

b)

Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

c)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing;

d)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat and pressure

16.
Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?
a)
Coal
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
17.

Which type of rock is made from magma cooling inside Earth?

a)

EXTRUSIVE igneous

b)

INTRUSIVE igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

18.
Which type of rock is heated and pressurised but does NOT melt?
a)
igneous
b)
hard rock
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
19.

Which type of rock is made from lava cooling on the surface of Earth?

a)

EXTRUSIVE Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

INTRUSIVE Igneous

20.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Compaction
d)
Weathering
22.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
a)
compaction
b)
deposition
c)
organic rock
d)
cementation
23.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
24.
This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
25.

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake. What type of rock is this?

a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
26.

If a rock was exposed to 1500 degrees Celsius of heat & melted, what type of rock would it be?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

It would not be a type of rock; it would be magma.

27.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
28.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
29.
This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)

Intrusive Igneous

c)
Metamorphic
d)

Extrusive Igneous

30.
This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)

Extrusive Igneous

c)
Metamorphic
d)

Intrusive Igneous

31.
After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
32.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
33.

Magma that reaches the surface flows from a volcano as ____________

a)

Magma

b)

Water

c)

Ice

d)

Lava

34.

Magma trapped below the surface forms large – grained ______________ rock when it cools.

a)

Extrusive

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Intrusive

35.

Magma cooling at or near Earth’s surface forms small-grained __________ igneous rock.

a)

Extrusive

b)

Intrusive

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Metamorphic

36.

Volcanic glass rock (obsidian) __________ so quickly that few crystals form.

a)

break

b)

melt

c)

cool

d)

flow

37.

Sometimes temperature and pressure are great enough to melt rock, forming ______________.

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

water

d)

sandstone

38.

Rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of plants and animal remains moved by wind, water, ice or gravity are called _________________.

a)

sediments

b)

granite

c)

marble

d)

sandstone

39.

If A is a metamorphic rock...then F must be

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Erosion & cementation

c)

Melting & cooling

40.

If F is a process of heat & pressure applied to a rock, then A must be a(n) _____________ rock.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

41.

If B is a process of erosion & cementation applied to a rock, then C must be a(n) _____________ rock.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

42.

If D is a process of melting & cooling applied to a rock, then E must be a(n) _____________ rock.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

43.

If E is an igneous rock...then D must be

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Erosion & Cementation

c)

Melting & cooling

44.

If C is a sedimentary rock...then B must be

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Erosion & cementation

c)

Melting & cooling

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